# 途

| 途 | U+9014, &#36884; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9014 |
| ← 逓 [U+9013] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 逕 → [U+9015] |

## Translingual
### Han character

途 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜人一木 (YOMD), four-corner 3830$_9$, composition ⿺辶余)

#### Derived characters

* 𥱻, 𩥽

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38882
* Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3843, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9014

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斜 | *lja, *laː |
| 茶 | *rlaː |
| 荼 | *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː |
| 梌 | *rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
| 搽 | *rlaː |
| 塗 | *rlaː, *l'aː |
| 佘 | *ɦlja |
| 賒 | *hljaː |
| 畬 | *hljaː, *la |
| 舍 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
| 捨 | *hljaːʔ |
| 騇 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
| 涻 | *hljaːs |
| 稌 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ |
| 悇 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las |
| 庩 | *l̥ʰaː |
| 捈 | *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
| 途 | *l'aː |
| 酴 | *l'aː |
| 駼 | *l'aː |
| 鵌 | *l'aː, *la |
| 涂 | *l'aː, *l'a |
| 嵞 | *l'aː |
| 峹 | *l'aː |
| 筡 | *l'aː, *l̥ʰa |
| 蒤 | *l'aː |
| 徐 | *lja |
| 俆 | *lja |
| 敘 | *ljaʔ |
| 漵 | *ljaʔ |
| 除 | *l'a, *l'as |
| 篨 | *rla |
| 滁 | *rla |
| 蒢 | *rla |
| 蜍 | *ɦlja, *la |
| 鵨 | *hljaː |
| 瑹 | *hlja |
| 余 | *la |
| 餘 | *la |
| 艅 | *la |
| 狳 | *la |
| 雓 | *la |
| 悆 | *las |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aː) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tú (tu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù
* Eastern Min (BUC): dù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tu$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$du / $^2$dou
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tú
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tú
*** Wade–Giles: tʻu$^2$
*** Yale: tú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
*** Palladius: ту (tu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$
*** Yale: tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù
*** Hakka Romanization System: tu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dù
*** Sinological IPA : /tu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thû
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$du
*** MiniDict: du$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$du
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$dou
*** MiniDict: dou$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²²³/
* Middle Chinese: du
Rime :
| Character | 途 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 同都切 |
| Baxter | du |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /do/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /do/ |
| Wang Li | /du/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'aː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 途 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ du › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁa/ |
| English | road |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 途 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15769 |
| Phonetic component | 余 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 徒 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'aː/ |

### Definitions

途
* way; path; road
* method; way
* (figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path
* a surname

### Compounds

* 中途 (zhōngtú)
* 中途之家
* 中途島 / 中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo)
* 中途曝光
* 中途而廢 / 中途而废 (zhōngtú'érfèi)
* 人鬼殊途
* 仕途 (shìtú)
* 假途滅虢 / 假途灭虢
* 傳染途徑 / 传染途径
* 冥途 (míngtú)
* 分途
* 前途 (qiántú)
* 前途似錦 / 前途似锦
* 前途未卜
* 前途無量 / 前途无量 (qiántúwúliàng)
* 半途 (bàntú)
* 半途而廢 / 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi)
* 半途自畫 / 半途自画
* 同歸殊途 / 同归殊途
* 命途 (mìngtú)
* 命途坎坷
* 命途多舛 (mìngtúduōchuǎn)
* 哭窮途 / 哭穷途
* 坦途 (tǎntú)
* 宦途 (huàntú)
* 幽途
* 幽顯異途 / 幽显异途
* 引入歧途
* 征途 (zhēngtú)
* 徬徨歧途
* 政途
* 旅途 (lǚtú)
* 日暮途窮 / 日暮途穷 (rìmùtúqióng)
* 日暮途遠 / 日暮途远
* 末路窮途 / 末路穷途
* 正途 (zhèngtú)
* 歧途 (qítú)
* 歸途 / 归途 (guītú)
* 殊途同歸 / 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)
* 沿途 (yántú)
* 淑慝殊途
* 溺途
* 用途 (yòngtú)
* 畏途 (wèitú)
* 異途同歸 / 异途同归 (yìtútóngguī)
* 短途 (duǎntú)
* 視為畏途 / 视为畏途 (shìwéiwèitú)
* 窮途 / 穷途
* 窮途之哭 / 穷途之哭
* 窮途末路 / 穷途末路 (qióngtúmòlù)
* 窮途潦倒 / 穷途潦倒
* 窮途落魄 / 穷途落魄
* 絡繹於途 / 络绎于途
* 老馬識途 / 老马识途 (lǎomǎshítú)
* 航途
* 計窮途拙 / 计穷途拙
* 誤入歧途 / 误入歧途 (wùrùqítú)
* 識途老馬 / 识途老马
* 路途 (lùtú)
* 迷失路途
* 迷途 (mítú)
* 迷途知反
* 迷途知返 (mítúzhīfǎn)
* 途中 (túzhōng)
* 途人 (túrén)
* 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
* 途次
* 途窮日暮 / 途穷日暮
* 途經 / 途经 (tújīng)
* 道盡途窮 / 道尽途穷
* 道途
* 長途 / 长途 (chángtú)
* 長途跋涉 / 长途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè)
* 長途電話 / 长途电话 (chángtú diànhuà)
* 險途 / 险途
* 首途 (shǒutú)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 途 |
| Kyūjitai | 途󠄁 途+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 途󠄃 途+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* way; path; road

#### Readings

* Go-on: ず (zu)、ど (do)
* Kan-on: と (to, Jōyō)
* Kun: みち (michi, 途)
* Nanori: とお (tō)、みち (michi)

### References

* ↑ “途”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 途 (MC du). Recorded as Middle Korean 도〮 (twó) (Yale: two) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 途 (eumhun 길 도 (gil do))
* hanja form of 도 (“way”)

#### Compounds

* 개도국 (開途國, gaedoguk)
* 개발도상국 (開發途上國, gaebaldosangguk)
* 다용도 (多用途, dayongdo)
* 도중 (途中, dojung)
* 방도 (方道/方途, bangdo)
* 별도 (別途, byeoldo)
* 용도 (用途, yongdo)
* 전도 (前途, jeondo)
* 중도 (中途, jungdo)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

途: Hán Nôm readings: đồ
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